BusyBee Chats are a Pearson Connexus Add-on
If you are interested in trying BusyBee Chats, reach out to your District Success Partner.
Chat characters are predefined profiles--names, character images, and descriptions that can be created for a course and assigned to a BusyBee Chat activity.
When characters are added to an activity, BusyBee assumes the character during the conversation, drawing on the personality, resume, and life experience that are included in the character description.
To create characters, open Course settings:
- On the Chat characters card, select Add character.
- Provide the Character name (this can't be changed later). Teachers use the name to find the character when adding it to a Chat activity and students use it to select characters for the activity.
- Select the Avatar you want displayed during the Chat. If you don't select one, Pearson Connexus uses the BusyBee avatar.
- Provide a Description, defining the character's background, personality, resume, life experience etc. BusyBee uses this to assume the character in the conversation. If you are creating a character of a well-known person (e.g., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Washington), you can leave this blank and BusyBee uses what is generally known about them.
- Save.
